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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1887-12-10
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1887.
LOCAL AFFAIRS
LOCAL BREv1TIEs.

Mr.. VIM. A. Shriver is constructing dan
to supply water to his mill, near Avondale.
Christmas is but two weeks off, and Church
chors and Sunday schools are preparing fol
it.
A successful revival meeting is in progress
at Bethany NJ L. Church South, New Wind
sor district.
VIM. F. Plack has been commissioned
postmaster at Smallwood, vice Henry War
denfelt, resigned.
The survey for the branch railroad from the
Baltimore & Harrisburg road to Manchester
was finished this week.
Messrs John Beard and William Strem-
mel, of New Windsor district, have recently
killed twenty-five chicken hawks.
The hop of the Westminster Socials will
take place on January 25th. at Odd Fellows
Hall. 1t is to finish up with a cake walk.
Mr. Abraham Stultz died at his residence in
Uniontown last Sunday, aged between "a and
rs years. His funeral took place on Tues
day.
The mail schedule between Hoods Mills
and Brookville, has been changed to insure
connections with the early mail train from
Baltimore.
In Manchester on Wednesday last, Frank
Bien was knocked down by hog that was to
be butchered, running against him, and had
his left arm broken.
Mr.. Joseph Hoover, of Wakefield, who was
badly injured by being struck with heavy
plank, hurled by passing train, some weeks
ago, is rapidly recovering.
Rev. L. NJ. Zimmerman, of Manchester,
has accepted call as pastor of Christ English
Lutheran Church, of South Baltimore, and
has already entered upon his labors there.
James Meade, of North Carolina, is build
ing a large blacksmith, wheelwright and gen
eral repair shop combined, on the farm of
Charles Flemming. near Mt. Airy, this county.
Mr.. Adam Rickle sold on Tuesday to Mr..
Plus Little for $500, a lot on the corner OF
George and Liberty streets. The lot fronts
20 feet on George street and runs back 125 on
Liberty.
Mrs. Edgar Morningstar, of Clemsonville,
near Union Bridge, was seized with vertigo
on Wednesday night, and fell down flight
of stairs, hurting her head and shoulder con-
siderably.
A pair of toy horses and wagon were raf.
fled off at S. Kann, Sons & Co. 8 store on Mon
day night, and were drawn by DIR. John S.
Matthias. They were very lifelik and hand
some, and were valued at $3.50.
In the ADVOCATES report of the court pro-
ceedings, in the Mathews VS.. County Com
missioners case, it was stated that the defer
dants had made motion for n new trial. 1t
was the plaintiff that so moved.
On Friday of last week little daughter of
Mr.. Edwin Fl. Shriver, of Waynesboro,
Pa, formerly of this city, was considerably
burne plii = catching fire from
stoveyd, BY her nlotnfny e1nnnuiSu--s- hrrned
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VosEpH M. PARKE.

q ATTORNEY AT LAW AND
SOLICITOR IN CHANCEI
VIII practice in the various Courts of CarI
county. B3@Special attention given to
phans' Court business. May be consult
for the present, at the Office Of the Registi
Wills, or at his residence on Court st
Westminster, Md. jan
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e,rcuit COURT Pr.ceed,nrs.

The Hewson damage case had occupied the
attention of the Court from our last report
until yesterday noon, but at intervals during
its trial States Attorney Henning has called
up and disposed of considerable criminal bust
ness, as follows:
State VS.. Harry Dutterer. William Brown,
Charles Shafer and Austin Brown, charged
with destroying lockwood bush of Mrs Je-
NINA Wariield, at Frizelsburg, pleaded guilty
and were fined s. aud costs each
The case of the State VS. Chas L. Eckard,
charge of bastardy. was stetted by the State
upon the defendant paying costs.
State vs.. Harry Mitten, charged with enter
ing school house aud destroying books; plea
Of guilty as to second count; fined SIS aud
costs. Howard Myers and Robert Weaver,
each charged as above, plead guilty as to de-
stroying books, and were each fined So and
costs.
State vs. Whistler, alias John, Erect, charg-
ed with larceny of horse belonging to Re-
becca Miller; tried before the Court and ad-
judged guilty. Henning for State; Seabrook
for prisoner.
The case of Hewson VS.. Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad was concluded yesterday noon by the
withdrawal of jury and non pros. entered,
on motion of plaintiff S attorneys. This will
allow the suit to be brought again. Maulsby
and Roberts for plaintiff; Bond and Cross for
the Railroad. The case occupied the Court
nine days.
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TAS. A. G. BOND,
q ATT0RNE
viii practice in Carroll
Courts Of the State.
Office on Main street, oppd
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.o-PARrNERsH1P notice..

The undersigned have formed a co-partner-
ship for the practice of the Law, under the
firm name of Reifsnider & Reifsnider. Spe.
cial attention given to the Settlement of
Estates and Collections. Office on Main St.
adjoining the residence of Chas. T. Ref.
snider. CHAS. T. REIFSNIDER,
oc % j. MILTON REIFSNIDER. :
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HoTEL AT PRIvATE SALE.

The EASTERN HOTEL, large aud "a
commodious, lot fronting 100 feet or, HH1a
Main Street, Westminster, now occupied Dy
Thos. H. Kelley, Esq. is offered at Private
Sale on reasonable terms. Call upon or ad.
dress, JOSHUA w. HEKING,
Executor Of VIM. Stansbnry. deceased.
dec 3:tf
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Meeting of the school Board.

The school Board met on Monday. Pres
ident Grimes reported in favor of accepting
Western Chapel colored school house and it
was accepted. He was authorized to have it
and the one on Charles Street, in Westmin-
sser painted
Reuben Walker, Isaac Bruce and Nelson
Edward were appointed trustees at Charles
Street
Various bills were discussed and passed.
The treasurer laid before the Board state
ment of their financial condition. This was
discussed at some length. The following was
then unanimously adopted.
WHEREAS, The appropriation of $1,000 for
building school. houses, made by the County
Commissioners, was made and accepted on
condition that one term of school be dropped
in this school-year, and
WHEREAS, The condition of the school
treasury renders third term, or any contri.
button thereto, impossible without increasing
the debt, which is already greater than can
be carried consistently with good financial
management
Resoiced, That the schools paid for by the
Board be closed at the end of the Winter
term and that the use of the school property
be allowed to all teachers who will teach
subscription school during the Spring Term,
on the same conditions as govern Summer
schools.
The Board adjourned to the first Monday
in January next.
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wy L. SEABRooK.
w ATTORNEY
WESTAl
Office with Hon. G. B. Rober,
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N N. HENNINGl
LIZ ATTORNEY
IVES
VIII practice in all Co1
State.
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NOTICE. - Al
In warned from purcliS
two Promissory Notes, no.
and Catharine ". Bair to
9Th of November, 1887.
days and the other six moi
the right to recover ON sal
puted. ISAA
dec3 3t* CATE
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r E. PEARSON,
L. Alto
Will practice in all the Ci
Office, opposite Westminst|
Westminster.
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n R. MILE
W ATTORNEY
OFFICE with d. N. He
Court House, Westminster
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g UREEYoR, DOW.
- and SCRIVENaER.
many years experience Snrj
ANGER and Scrivener, l ake a
informing the public THAI l am (
such work with promptIess and
able terms, and respef kully s
of your patronage. 80 4
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A FIRST C "a IS Arn COOK

A white girl or woman who is first class
cook and willing to do general hohee work in
family of three. Must have req nmenda-
lions. S8a month to right partyf 4 ny At
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GUNNYsIDE, No.
~ Avenue, Baltimore, N
for the treatment Of diseas,
Gated in one of the most DE-
city. Private rooms and
Address for terms Of boz
.SCARFF, NJ. D.. sorass
streets, Baltimore, Md.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-15
Wives Wanted in Western Texas.

Towns spring up all over the Pan
handle rs in a mining country. lake,
for instance, Panhandle, i'm Crosby
county, which until recently was the
naked prairie, but to-day has upward
of a hundred inhabitants, about a doZ-
en- stores, a hotel, and Il weekly news
paper, in which appeared the day before
| left the following advertisement:
Wanted, Immediatcly-One hundred
single young women who are prepared
to rough il for Il time to come to the
Panhandle and marry our thrifty
voung men who have located on GAO
acres of land and are now living in
dugouts, tents, and cabins. We can
speak n good word for every one of the
boys. They are all noble American.
citizens except one, and he is II little.
unfortunate in being the son OF an
English lord. Girls, this is a good
chance. Besides this, married life
will beat single blessedness every time.
There are few girls among t G festive
young men, and the latter having set
tied down to business, of course feel like
taking the mex step. A g~ood-looking
young girl, or n not SO cookbook
ing, with a little ~'make-up,' as the
atrical people say, can have her pick
of IA husband and Il cabin."-Ddtds
NeUS.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-15
Little Edith'S MinistratiOn.

A touching little incident comes t.
us OF a Young mother who was hope.
lessiy i'll, but quite unconscious of hol
condition. One afternoon her ply.
sicians held a consultation, ana after
ward announced the sad fact that she
had but a short time to live TO the hus-
band and sister of the patient. The
four exchanged opinions rs to the
wisdom of telling her, and were quite
unmimlful of little Edith, the only
child OF the dying woman, 3 years old,
who was busily playing with her dolls,
apparently unconscious of what was
gong on about her. But in a few
minutes the little Edith left her toys,
and walked slowly upstairs, and went
directly to her mothers room. With
the aid of a chair placed herself on the
bed at her mothers side, when she
kissed the wan cheek and asked in low,
tender tones: Mamma. are You 'faid
to die" The mother was startled by the
question and hesitatingly asked:
'Who' told you?-do they think
''No matter. dear mamma. you needn'i
be fraid at ali; hold my hand tight, like
this; shut your eyes close and ! will
stay by you. and when YOU wake up
again you will no where It's MI light
The eyes were closed ms directed, tn.
two hands tightly clasped for a few
minutes, and when the members of the
family re-cntered the room the child
looked up and said: IL helped deui
mamma tO die and she was not 'fraid
at all. "-BOston Courier.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-15
Origin OF n Queer Expression.

Some of our readers may have heard
the expression, ''as lucky as the mis-
take of the deaf Berkshire clerk" and
all will be interested in the explana-
ton of its origin, given in the New
York Journal OF Commerce: 4.
We have nowhere been able to find
any origin of the phrase "As lucky as
the mistake of the deaf Berkshire
clerk" but we have no doubt of the
incident which gave rise to it, and it
was probably first coined by the mod
ern use made of it in the speech heard
by our correspondent. Rev. Mr..
PentycrosS attempted on n Sunday,
more than half IA century ago, to Of
iiciate in a village church in Berk-
shire. The building was not in very
good repair, and there was a hole Of
some size in the pulpit floor. The
minister, i'm unrolling the manuscript
of his discourse, dropped it, and to his
dismay saw it disappear down this
dark aperture, where it was lost be-
yond hope of recovery. Leaning over
the desk to the clerk, who sat lmme-
diately below, he informed him in low
tone of his loss Of his rmo The
clerk, who was hard of hearing, mis-
taking the word sermon for the name
of a more venOmous article, at nee
gave public notice that there was Il
''sarpent' in the hole of the pulpit.
This dispersed the whole congregation
in very short order, and relieved the
preacher of his dilemma in a manner
wholly unexpected. Hence we sup
pose it was quoted as a"lucky mistake
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-15
New York Barbarism.

New York Social: A practical sort
of anarchy on a small scale has been
started in this city. Within a few
days q number of the finest private
houses on Fifth avenue have been de-
faced in various ways. The beautiful
bronze fence which surmounts the
stone wall of the w. H. Vanderbilt
mansion, and which cost more money
han the who e of many a fine resi-
dence, has been daubed along Its entire
length with paint. The Babcock man
sion, on the corner below. was treated
with plaster of paris, wet up and just
beginning To harden. The blotches are
very conspicuous. Still another var
iety of injury vas done to w, X Van
derbilt's house on the Fifty-secona
street corner, an ugly CHIP having been
knocked out OF his some fence in the
most conspicuous place on the corner.
Three stone posts in the fence arcund
the A. Il. Stewart mansion have been
clipped badly. The Goelet, the Gould
and the Aston holses have all been
marred and quantities OF plaster have
been thrown on the front stoops of
each. A reporter who walked down
Fifth avenue for a mile tonight found
a dozen houses that had had chunks of
mortar thrown against them. No ar
rests have been made.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-15
An Awful Mistake.

"Mr. Squcezcmoneigh, what makes
you look so gloomy and distressed"
asked his wife on the way from church,
''are you ill?'
NAV" he snapped, this is the first
time I've been to church i'm SIX months,
and hanged if I'm going again.
why, what's the matterP Did the
minister say anything personal to
wound your feelingsP"
"Worse than that. When the con-
tribution basket was passed around 1
dropped IA nickel in it in mistake for a
penny.'-NeW York Weekly.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-15
The English Workingman.

1t is the uncertainty of employment,
however, which more than anything
else weighs upon workingmen of all
grades. No man. even of the highest
ability, n be sure of getting contin-
uous work. a week or "A fortnight's
notice, no matter what his previou,
career or character may have been.
and he is out upon the streets seeking
for a job. This drawback effects
skilled artisans less than uuskillcd,
and trade-unionists have. besides, their
out-of-work pay to fall back upon.
Bat it is cyer-increaSing EVIL even
with them.
The latest report of the Amalga-
mated Engineers, for instance, shows
that without any great strike to ex-
laust their funds, the mere necessity
for supporting the members who can
get no work to do has almost broken
down their finances. Yet that is the
strongest combination of workmen OF
one trade in the world. and all oul
English tradc-unions are, actually
speaking, bankrupt, owing chiefly to
TINS cause at the present time. But
the trade-unionists form only Il small
minority of English workingmen.
Hundreds of thousands even of skilled
artisans belong to no ~trade-union.
For all of them. rs well as for the un
skilled men,, the uncertainty l speak
OF Is terrible. | have watched friends
OF mine who have had to 90 around
week after week, month after month
may be, seeking for n job. Such mer
do not parade their griefs, never Oh
very rarely ask "A middle class man fol
Yet, as = highly skilled artisan said I,
me only a few days ago, II woul'
almost as soon 90 around begin;
bread as begging work; they trea
you AS if it were "A favor you asked.
/ have watched such men, | say
skilled and unskilled, too, and tn
mental effect upon them of these Ion:
periods or short periods of voorhees,
ness is more depressing than | car
describe.
Let "A man have been never Sc
thrifty, if he has "A wife and children
"A very few weeks of idleness sweeps
away his savings; then he begins tC
| pawn what little things he has; later
he gets behind with his rent His
more fortunate comrades help him
this is invariable SO far as | have seen
among all classes of laborers-and
then if he is lucky he gets into work
again; if o his furniture goes and
he falls into dire poverty. All the
time not only has the man himself
been suffering and losing heart, but
his wife has been fretting herself to
death and the children have been hall
fed. In the winter time. when the un-
certainty of getting work becomes in
most of our great industrial cities the
certainty of not getting it for "A large
percentage Of the laboring men and
women, things are of course at their
worst. After having vainly trudged
around from workshop to workshop,
from factory 10 factory, from wharf to
wharf, after having, perhaps, fought
iiercely but unsuccessfully for a few
hours work at the dock gates, the
man returns home, weary. hungry,
half dead, and ashamed of his grow.
ing ~raggedness, to see his home with
out firing or food.-H. NJ. Hyndman.
IN The Contemporary RcUieW.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-15
Il Propuet FIR Profit.

Detroit Free Press: ''Uncle jack
said II city market butcher to an old
colored Whitewater the other day,
''you know the weather pretty well,
don't you?"
Eyes, sab
"What kind of a winter do you think
well havep'
"Well, sab, dat same queshun war
axed me yesterday, accompanied by a
gift OF 10 cents, and | predicted a
VERY mld winter. Howsumeber, as
you haven't
"Here's q dime. Uncle Jack"
"Ah! thanks. It's gwine to be mild,
sab, VERY mid. Yes, sah-well hev
summer all winter, sab"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-15

Charlie Knickerbscker is one of NE
most talented amateur bandOlinists ia
New York. He was invited to attend
a supper at tho Snobberiy mansion N
Fifth avenue. Mrs. SIS idea being to
get some cheap music for the guests.
.Mr. Knickerbocker. have yoA
brought your bandolin with y0sS'
asked Mrs. Longcoiiin, as soon q no
arrived.
mo. mum, my bandelin isa't
hungry this evening, 50 l left It -
home," he replied cynicalig.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-15
No Wonder He Failed.

Chicago Tribune: "lt's all humbug
to talk to me of the b.netits of adver-
tislng," said the sour looking man
Il spent $175 last year in advertising,
and | was closed out by the sheriff in
January. The money was wasted, sir;
every cent of it. Advertising il ne
COED" What papers did ysu adver-
tise mp" inquired q sympa,hizing by.
stanoer. what papers2 Thunder! ]
didn't use any papers. had my al
vertisemen,s painted on fence boards
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-15
TIKI

CHICAGO, Oct. 10.
AVE sIt,Ct
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-15

"A Texas newspaper claims to have re-
ceived in pay nent Of a subscription "the
Oldest hen on record" The editor aays ahe
WAS imported 'rou Mexico by the local ply
sioan eight or nine years ago.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-15

There were 1873 new oranges organised
in the United States in 1886.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-10-14
Sicflian Supcrstitiona.

:. Inc Slcilians are charmingly supersti-
tious. They still believe that the govern
ment has the power to give and cure
enolera at its pleasurc-that it has Mt its
disposition contre, as they say in their
dialect, specific against the disease.
In the worst time of the plague. tho
oiciiians have been heard to cry out /:
Come, come, it's not so bad we,u
soon be rid OF tho cholera. The govern
m rent VIII put stop To it when there are
5000 dead" 81
An anecdote of equal SAVIOR is told ~
young Sicilian who, afflicted with homo.
sickness in Italy. longed to return to his
beloved Sicily. Moving restlessly about
the docks for sometime, he HAPPENS to
meet sea captain OF his own race DO,
lighted with the chance, he implores him
TO take him on board his vessel and Land
MIN anywhere on the island
Willingly, said the captain, ION one
vance, ~ Al 1o-
for cholera" ''oo'e
II haven't any antidoto for cholera
my mant'' soieia'
What nonsensei Don't Won be,on,
TO the government? Are you not tho sn5
OF our Mayory-GIngleside. '0 >A
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-10-14

Benson's' train having on board RE
bold's concentration and 5000 Tbs of
other cargo started inside Tuesday.
j. S. Hartman is expected to arrive
to-day from Jordan valley with fine
trotting colt of Almont and Happy
Medium stock, record, go. The colt
will be two years old next spring and
will be added to the Centerville stables.
Chris Arnold, of the Bear Track ledge
in Florence was out last week laying in
his winter supplies. He had buckskin
sack full of rich rock worth dollar
pound, and hopes to extract a wole lot
of it this winter and visit Germany next
summer.
For clothing visit II. C. Brown, at Mt.
Idaho. Two hundred suits of California
and Oregon made clothing. consisting of
mems, boys and chldren's suits. Call
and examine my goods and prices
before purchasing elsewhere.
III. c. Brown, Mt. idaho.
The road between here and Lewiston
is fairly lined with teams hauling the
winter supplies for our stores. The
stock of goods arriving is simply i'm
mense and there will be no more excuse
to send away for what our storekeepers
carry in stock.
The Scotchmen across the big herring
pond are belly aching at the defeat of
their crack yacht Thistle" by the
Yankee Volunteer" Sandy may as
swallow his medicine before Jonathan
forces another dose down his throat.
Notice is hereby given that on and
after this date shelf and counter goods
will be sold for cash only. If people
are sick and need prescriptions on time,
they can have them, but patent medi-
cines and sundries are cash.
S. E. BIBBY.
1t may prove of interest to some of
our readers to know the rate of wages
paid to teachers in this territory.
Through the courtesy of Hon. S. w.
Moody, superintendent of public in
struction, we are enabled to give the
highest rates paid in eleven counties. all
that the returns at hand enabled him to
furnish. They are as follows: Boise
county, 500 per month Owyhee, S155;
Washington. $50; Oneida, S62.5O Ada.
$50; Nez Perez, SIPS; Custer, 500;
Cassia, $50; Bingham, 500; Kootenai,
$50; Idaho, $50.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-10-14
JOHN DAY JOTS.

Miss Carrie Rhett is reported quite
sick.
After few showery days we have
sunshine.
Miss Sherwin returned to her home
Thursday.
Mrs. Gully and her daughter. Laura
have left Slate creek.
Mrs. P. Turnbull will leave Slate creek
to-day for her home.
Mrs. Large with her wee daughter,
Mary is visiting at John Days.
Pell Sherwin has returned from Lew
iston, and is now on the roundup.
Does anyone know where DR.. Carver
is? Don't all speak at once, and raise
your hand before you speak.
Messrs. Hickey and Gully went to the
prairie to day. Charles Wilson will
start out tomorrow. Don't keep them
too long.
The gentlemanly assistant from the
PRESS Office spent few days with us
taking in the beauties of our neighbor-
hood and winning the respect of all.
Come again Frank.
Messrs. Swarts, Crooks and Wood
passed up the river Thursday. They
were going to Indian valley or some
where beyond, intent on some noble
enterprise, exactly what, is not clear to
making run" on some important
"bank" or catching a Big Foot.
October Sth 1887. OREsTEs.